[ There's a good-natured humour to Amos' voice there, because one of the benefits to knowing you have little to no charisma is knowing in advance to not even attempt to drag someone else along with obvious bullshit. Besides, utopias don't exist, so not even Highstorm can be one of those. That's the whole point of what they're trying to do with Zenith.
He takes a moment to have a little more of his drink, settle back into his seat, comfortable all over again. Yeah, they can tell each other things straight here, he's pretty sure.
Though he instantly sobers at Diluc's second question. Puts his drink back down and meets his eyes properly, sitting up straight and as serious as he's ever seen him.
It takes Amos a second to figure out how to put the words together for this. ]
I'd say yeah. About as well as possible. I mean... I'm not gonna lie, there's been some shit, and some parts haven't been great. [ please do not ask him about the time he went berserk and tried to kill kaeya and two of their other closest friends before kaeya had to play a role in killing him first, it all worked out okay ] But anything he's gotten into... It's because he cares. He's doing what he thinks is right for other people, so it's probably worth it to him in the end. Maybe everything doesn't always fall the way it should, but that's where we come in to help get him back on his feet.
[ We, because he's going to choose to believe Diluc here. Believe that despite any falling out he and Kaeya might have had, that he's still in his corner. Because his words, his priorities, sure seem to be lining up that way. ]
He's still here, right? He's got his place in this world. That counts for a lot. It's more than most get.
[ Since, you know. Most end up lost to oblivion, effectively dead. And as long as Kaeya's still here... that's a win. ]
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[ There's a good-natured humour to Amos' voice there, because one of the benefits to knowing you have little to no charisma is knowing in advance to not even attempt to drag someone else along with obvious bullshit. Besides, utopias don't exist, so not even Highstorm can be one of those. That's the whole point of what they're trying to do with Zenith.
He takes a moment to have a little more of his drink, settle back into his seat, comfortable all over again. Yeah, they can tell each other things straight here, he's pretty sure.
Though he instantly sobers at Diluc's second question. Puts his drink back down and meets his eyes properly, sitting up straight and as serious as he's ever seen him.
It takes Amos a second to figure out how to put the words together for this. ]
I'd say yeah. About as well as possible. I mean... I'm not gonna lie, there's been some shit, and some parts haven't been great. [ please do not ask him about the time he went berserk and tried to kill kaeya and two of their other closest friends before kaeya had to play a role in killing him first, it all worked out okay ] But anything he's gotten into... It's because he cares. He's doing what he thinks is right for other people, so it's probably worth it to him in the end. Maybe everything doesn't always fall the way it should, but that's where we come in to help get him back on his feet.
[ We, because he's going to choose to believe Diluc here. Believe that despite any falling out he and Kaeya might have had, that he's still in his corner. Because his words, his priorities, sure seem to be lining up that way. ]
He's still here, right? He's got his place in this world. That counts for a lot. It's more than most get.
[ Since, you know. Most end up lost to oblivion, effectively dead. And as long as Kaeya's still here... that's a win. ]